As The Daily Beast previously reported, the activists had gathered outside Trump Tower to protest the Republican candidate’s derogatory comments on Mexican immigrants. A state court judge in the Bronx in 2019 ordered Trump to answer questions under oath in the case, but the then-president argued on appeal that he could not be compelled to testify.
The plaintiffs claim Trump’s guards attacked them in September 2015 while they were demonstrating against his remarks about Mexican immigrants and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Plaintiff lawyer Nathaniel Charny told The Post, “On behalf of our client we are thrilled with the appellate division’s decision. We look forward to Mr. Trump appearing at trial to defend against the assault and battery claims being made by our clients.”
The case is Galicia v. Trump, 24973/2015E, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Bronx.
Trump managed to stall many lawsuits against him while he was president but now faces the prospect of being forced to testify in a number of them. Two women who claim he sexually assaulted them are both seeking to depose Trump in defamation suits they filed after he said they were lying.